Independence Day celebrated by few still in Helsinki.
President Roosevelt sent messages of sympathy to President
Kallio.
Finns retreated slowly to mainline of defence in Karelian
Isthmus.
Elsewhere Russian troops made little progress.
Fifty aeroplanes have arrived in Finland from Italy.
Great Britain and other countries have also dispatched aeroplanes
and armaments.
The British air ministry announced Luftwaffe air activity
during the preceding night of the east coast. I Owing to weather
conditions, fighter aircraft were unable to make contact.
The wreckage of a
Heinkel
He 111 aeroplane, and the body of a German airmen were
recovered on the East Anglian coast. Luftwaffe aircraft sighted
over the Orkneys
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft carried out a successful
flight over North Germany.
Berlin issued a letter to the foreign press, in which neutral
countries, especially Holland were attacked for lack of resistance
to British blockade. Holland, later made a semi-official protest
against German criticism.
The German ship Ussukuma was captured by a British warship
in the South Atlantic.
The Greek steamer Paralos was sunk in the Thames estuary.
The Danish steamer Ove Toft was mined in the North sea.
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